Sw Data Engineer

Staff Java/Data Engineer

Location:

Hyderabad, India

Reports to:

Senior SW Engineering Manager, Data

Candescent is transforming digital banking with a modern, AI‑powered platform that empowers financial institutions to deliver smarter, faster, and more personalized customer experiences.

We’re seeking a Staff Java/Data Engineer to join our growing Data Engineering team. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining components in our Transaction Store stack, which manages digital banking data such as Accounts, Transactions, and Customers in the personal banking domain. You are expected to lead the development and be instrumental in translating business requirements into scalable, production‑ready solutions with minimal oversight.

You will play a pivotal role in mentoring junior developers, establishing and evolving development guidelines, designing and building reusable components, and contributing significantly to the overall architecture and design of our analytics platform.

You’ll work closely with cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure solutions align with development standards and industry best practices. The ideal candidate will take full ownership of the development lifecycle, delivering high‑performance, reliable systems that meet our uptime and scalability expectations.

• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in cloud‑based Data Engineering solutions.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in API development with API first mindset.
• Expertise in Java, Python, PySpark, REST APIs, Data Pipelines for streaming and batch jobs, and File Processing.
• Proficiency with No
  
  SQL databases like Bigtable and Alloy
  
  DB.
• Proficiency in using AI tools to enhance automation and improve overall productivity.
• Strong grasp of data warehousing and database design principles.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with query optimization.
• Proven ability to manage large‑scale datasets and build high‑performance applications.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to take full ownership of solution design, implementation, and release.
• Familiarity with GIT workflows for version control.
• Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar cloud ecosystems.
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders, contribute to solution design, and take full ownership of implementation and release cycles.
• Bonus:
  Exposure to BI tools such as Looker, experience with Bigtable, Redis, Databricks, Java, Kubernetes, and Docker.

• Understanding of Data Platforms, Data Warehouse centric, and Lakehouse centric architectures.
• Familiarity with modular and extensible platforms that support dynamic feature invocation.
• Background in highly regulated industries
  , especially financial services or banking.
• Passion for security
  , scalability
  , and delivering seamless user experiences.

Join a fast‑growing digital banking SaaS company focused on platform transformation and AI‑led innovation.

Shape the future of financial technology by building solutions that matter—for customers and banks.

Collaborate with world‑class talent across engineering, design, and product.

Hybrid work model, and opportunity to lead global initiatives.